The commuter belt scheme in Oxfordshire has 850 spaces but no access to the nearby main road

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17001898

A car park built for £51 million in Oxfordshire is lying empty because a council cannot connect it to the main road.

Planning problems are preventing motorists from using the 19-acre park and ride scheme in Eynsham until funding is secured to link it to the A40.

Aerial photographs show the 850-space site devoid of vehicles, despite its finished glossy tarmac, bus stops and green spaces. All major construction work was finished in January, followed by landscaping last month.

Although the car park could be cut off from the main road until 2027, local authorities have contracts to maintain it every week, cutting the grass and topsoiling and seeding when necessary.

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  • @[email protected]English
    45•3 months ago

    I know this is fuckcars, but park-and-ride schemes are to remove cars from city centers.
    Park out of town, get a bus in for the day, bus back, and drive home.
    They are fairly popular and fairly effective around the UK.

    Yeh, it would be great if everyone had excellent bus/train service, but this is a decent stop gap